The Snowflake Method– Hmmm…

I’ve heard a lot about the Snowflake Method in writing– actually, I hadn’t heard about what you actually *do* in the Snowflake Method, but I’ve heard people refer to it in conversation, or even swear by it.

So, after deciding that I didn’t have a plot yet, I decided to try it. So I went to the link, and I’ve been working on it for the last couple of hours.

Anyway, I think I like it. I’m not sure yet, though. I’m kind of neutral.

Has anyone had any experiance with it? Did you like it, or no? O_O

IN OTHER NEWS, I have a plot now. Kind of. My one sentence summary (Step One ^.^) was “An unfortunate and diverse group of friends deal with the aftermath of Jenna’s disappearance”. Yeah, that’s… not the best, but it’s the starting point, and I can work from there. <333

This is a very short post. Sorry bout that.

Will post longer tomorrow. Promise. Unless I’m busy. EITHER WAY.

EDIT: Wait I have one more thing to tell you!

Thanks to my good friend Wrampage, I am doing GothNo, in which the challenge is to write a Gothic Novel in October. I’m shooting for 30k, and I’m excited. <3333

Will tell you more about it tomorrow, promise(: Once I decide what I’ll write.

Doesn’t the snowflake method dictate that you can’t use names in your one-sentence summaries? Oh well…
Like I said in the chat, I tried it before and in my humble opinion, I can only see it working for pretty long novels that have had some decent additional planning done beforehand. Also, no frame stories or short stories… I tried snowflaking some of those and failed miserably.

Eh. I’m just going to try it and see how it works out for me. >.< But I'm going to skip a whole bunch and break a bunch of rules. Like, I CAN SAY MY MAIN CHARACTER'S NAME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH xD
I'm just… going to use it as a starting point for how I plan, and see how it works out.

My pagen writer’s circle is featuring each of the ten steps of the snowflake method on their FB page for pre-NaNo nonsense. <3 It is spiffy, but I can't use it. I explode planning in disorganized bursts, and then piece it all together.